Led by researchers at the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education at Australian Catholic University, educators in 20 Australian schools volunteered to participate in a school-based study. Eighty-five teachers from 10 schools attended an eight-week mindfulness-based program. Another 100 teachers from 10 different schools did not. After eight weeks, teachers who’d practiced mindfulness reported less stress, better sleep, and more mindfulness, self-compassion, and ability to use thoughts to help regulate emotions, compared to controls....

Speaking with Mindful back in June 2013, Ryan admitted that attaching his reputation to mindfulness might have a downside, but how seeing the science and support from other major organizations put things into perspective for him: “I probably should worry,” he admits, but adds that he has the backing of “the Marines, science, Google, and Phil Jackson—the coach who won the most NBA championships.” The congressman senses an “openness now that wasn’t there five years ago, because everybody feels overwhelming stress in their lives and they don’t know what to do about it....

The new VR game from Netflix is called Eden Unearthed, and it’s based on the Eden original anime that you can stream through the service. It’s not as complex as the anime. And you don’t get to interact with the cast of characters from the show like you might imagine. You do however get to ride around on a bike in a landscape modeled after the show. Essentially, you’re riding around on a motor bike while the game goes through some of the story....

** There are so many new activations in the world of men’s hair care and styling products! We want to focus on two products today that cater to very different hair types, but help men achieve the texture and style they desire. Check them out. Medium Hold Finding the right level of hold and texture will be much easier for men in 2020 with plenty of new styling products being released that cater to so many different levels of control....

I’ve put together some guidelines I developed over my 20 years of practice to make it a little easier for you this year: